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Zero is pleased to announce the appointment of Gavin Hogan as a director of their UK business. He joins Ken Drake, Mandy Greaves and Mark Lockley on the management team of the company based in Stafford.
“Gavin has been with us almost eight years and has worked in all departments of the company, and his appointment will strengthen our business” says Ken Drake. “Our business has grown every year since we started in 1997 and we decided to appoint Gavin to enable us to continue to provide the high service levels that our customers have come to expect of us.” Gavin will continue to call on customers in London and the South East in addition to his new duties.

November 2012 marks Zero Seal Systems Ltd's 15th anniversary. Ken Drake and Mike Quinn launched Zero into the door industry back in 1997 in a 600-square-foot unit, but we've come a long way since then! Zero now occupies a modern 12,000-square-foot premises and employs around 20 staff.
Starting with the Zero range of high-quality door seals, Zero Seal Systems quickly established themselves as a quality supplier into the door industry and added many more product ranges into their portfolio. Zero is now seen by many as the “one stop shop” for specialist door hardware with well over 2,000 stock lines.
Commercial director Mandy Greaves commented: “The success Zero has experienced to date has a lot to do with our team and the first class service they give to our valued customers, many of whom have been with us from the start. The growth we have achieved in our business and product range shows our customers how driven we are in providing products and solutions. We will continue to do this in the door industry for the next 15 years and beyond.”
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Retirement is often bittersweet: a happy occasion for the retiree, but tinged with sadness for their colleagues. Zero waved goodbye to Martyn Greves on 20 November 2011. At a party organised by his colleagues to mark the occasion, Martyn reminisced about his years in the business...

48 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY

Way back in 1963, Martyn joined Parker Winder & Achurch in Birmingham as a management trainee, and passed his GAI diploma in 1967. Ten years later he moved on, to KS Neale in Erdington as an estimator, where he rose through the ranks to become general manager. After the acquisition by Laidlaw Thomson in the late 80s, he made the move to Bristol; but the Midlands called him back, and he later moved to Thomas Laidlaw Midlands in Willenhall, staying with them for 24 years in total.

ZERO TO RETIREMENT

Martyn joined Zero in 2002 and has been a key part of the business's development for the last nine years. “It will be impossible to replace Martyn,” said MD Ken Drake. “His industry knowledge is immense after 48 years. He will be a hard act to follow."
“Squire”, as he is fondly known by Zero staff, was last spotted heading in the direction of his allotment carrying gardening books, plants and implements... Splendid plans for a retirement!

Zero Seal Systems Ltd has recently moved into spacious new premises at 43-45 Ladford Covert.
Because of very limited office space, Zero had been searching for solutions for some time. When a unit with more office space became available on the same industrial estate, it seemed ideal!
Sales director Mark Lockley said: “We had been rather squashed in the office for a while but had put moving on hold due to the situation with the economy. However, an ideal unit became available within a few hundred yards of where we were - so because of the minimal moving costs, we decided to relocate. This now gives us room to expand in both the warehouse and office areas and puts the company in a good position for the future.”
Zero now operates from units 43-45 Ladford Covert, but all phone and fax numbers remain unchanged.

Zero Seal Systems Ltd wish to announce the retirement of Mike Quinn. Mike set up Zero with Ken Drake back in 1997 and the company has since gone from strength to strength.
Mike’s ironmongery career spans nearly 5 decades back to 1962 and most of his time previous to Zero was spent with Josiah Parkes & Sons Ltd in Willenhall and Thomas Laidlaw Midlands Ltd. During his career he has taken up many roles including; draughtsman, sales representative, national sales manager, national accounts manager and of course sales director with Zero.
Mike is, and has always been, a well-liked and respected figure in the industry and his hard work and enthusiasm will be known by many.
He will be sorely missed by all his colleagues at Zero and we hope you join us in wishing Mike and his wife Dorothy many years of happy retirement, most of which we are sure will be spent at his home in Florida!

Zero Seal Systems Ltd have updated their website to not only bring it up to date with their product range, but also provide an easier to use website for customers. Sales Director, Mark Lockley commented “We have wanted to do this for a while; the old web site was very out of date regarding our products and was not the most customer friendly. Our new website is everything we wanted it to be; faster, cleaner and more importantly bang up to date with our product range. It has many new features such as a search box, downloadable catalogue and contact us sheet. We are really pleased with it and hope our customers will be too”.
Please visit www.zeroplus.co.uk to see for yourself.

Zero Seal Systems Ltd was launched by Ken Drake and Mike Quinn back in 1997 and quickly established themselves as a reliable supplier of door seals and hardware. To consolidate their position, and looking to the future, they have appointed Mandy Greaves and Mark Lockley as Directors of the Company.
Both Mandy and Mark have been with Zero since the early days of the business and played a significant part in the continued expansion and success of the company. Ken Drake says, “Indeed I’m sure many of you already know them quite well and will join me in congratulating them and wishing them every success in the future.” Mandy has been appointed Commercial Director and will continue to manage the office, accounts, warehouse and commercial aspects of the company. Mike Quinn will progressively wind down from his Sales Director role as he nears retirement and therefore Mark has been appointed Sales Director Designate, to assume total control of the Sales function following a suitable period of transition.

A totally new 76 page sealing systems catalogue is now available from Zero Seal Systems Ltd. As well as including the products we have been become known for such as acoustic sound traps sets giving a 53STC reduction, low level thresholds and automatic door bottoms, it also includes many new products such as flood barriers for doors, thermal break thresholds with oak inserts, electrically powered automatic door bottoms and a wide range of Photoluminescent products.
With well over 500 products in the catalogue, Zero Seal Systems Ltd are the specialists in sealing doors in public and commercial buildings.
For further details and a copy of the new 2007 sealing systems catalogue contact Mandy Greaves on 01785 282910.

Zero Seal Systems have recently extended into an adjacent unit giving them a 50% more floor space. Sales Director, Mike Quinn remarked “Again, due to our continuing commitment to service levels, which in turn means keeping good stock levels, we needed to expand. Fortunately, just as in 2002, the adjacent unit became available. We can now continue to increase stocks to carry on offering a next day service”.
Zero now operate from Units 6, 7 & 8 Ladford Covert, all phone and fax numbers remain unchanged.

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